How To Put Gutter On An Old Roof

How to install an efficient rain handling gutter system.

How to put gutter on an old roof.

Subscribe to this old house. Make sure that your gutters have the correct slope to allow water to move smoothly into your downspouts. Wire brush the metal thoroughly to get rid of rust and to give the tape a clean surface for bonding photo 1. Cut a two inch long notch in the front lip of the gutter with tin snips to join a rain gutter section.

It s much easier to join sections on the ground than to work from the top of a ladder. If the gutter is badly rusted or has been heavily coated with tar that you can t scrape out spray on a special adhesive primer before applying the tape protecto. If you have a choice between steel and aluminum systems which is best. Prepare the gutter by scraping out as much old tar or caulk as possible.

Secure it with eight pop rivets or sheet metal screws. I did insist the built in gutters be put back on the front porch when it was first redone in 1997 and they are lined with copper so they should never go bad. Project step by step 20 cutting the gutter. Now we are faced with tearing up the roof to reinstall the built in gutters and put the house back the way it should be at a cost of probably 20 000 or more.

Steel is stronger and. Getting started part. If a roof s various drainage areas call for different size gutters go for the biggest one k style. This old house recommends that gutters should slope inch for every 10 feet toward a downspout this keeps water moving away from your roof.

Then use the information below to see what size gutter you need. 5 inch 5 520 square feet. This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to install an efficient rain handling gutter system. Wrap the aluminum strip tight around the underside of the gutter.

Snap the sections together. Ice dams can also occur on metal roofs and can cause damage. How to install gutters step 1. Gutter components are made by several manufacturers and are available through lumberyards.